Ways To Get Around

Jennifer R. Povey
2 min readAug 31, 2023
The Mount Rigi cable car. Photo by author.

So, somebody was talking about urban cable cars the other day. I thought it would be fun to simply give a list of all the different means of transportation I’ve used in my life. I’m still looking for a few.

Going to split them up into sections.

Ercoupe plane. Photo by author.

Planes

  1. Jet airline, including jumbo jets.
  2. Turboprop commercial airliner
  3. Two seater propeller plane
  4. Helicopter
Narrow gauge railway, Llandudno, Wales. Photo by author.

Trains

  1. Modern main line train.
  2. Sleeper train.
  3. Steam train.
  4. Commuter rail.
  5. Subway.
  6. Light rail.
  7. Streetcar/tram.
  8. Funicular/cliff railway. Including water powered.
  9. Rack/cog/mountain railway. Including the world’s steepest.
  10. Cable car/gondola
  11. Elevated light rail.

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Jennifer R. Povey
Jennifer R. Povey

Written by Jennifer R. Povey

I write about fantasy, science fiction and horror, LGBT issues, travel, and social issues.

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